List of Animated stuff for Chris and others.
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UPDATED: Friday, June 26, 2026 16:11
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Fair warning: Yukikaze is kinda a mind-frell toward the end. Great OVA, but it'll leave you going "huh?"
There's also Rideback, which is a beautifully-animated show about ballet, motorcycles, and robots. It's. . . A lot cooler than it sounds. Unlicensed so far, so you'll have to check "alternative" sources.
Over on Anime News Network's (free and totally legal) video site, you can also catch the English dub of Jyu-Oh-Sei, which is a really cool space-opera (well, it's mostly planet-bound, but getting off the planet is the overarching plot). Chimera is a really cool presentation of an alien planet --a completely different biosphere with a six-month solar cycle (six months of unbroken sunlight in which everything on the planet wants to kill you, then six months of complete darkness which turns the world into an ice age). It's also a prison world ruled by survival of the fittest (obviously, this one is not for kids [violence, gore, murder]).
ANN also has El Cazador de la Bruja, a western/spy/supernatural series (set mostly in Mexico, featuring a bounty hunter, a government conspiracy, and a secretive order of "witches"). It's a little fan-servile (mainly through Nadie's stripperiffic outfit, Ellis' unselfconsciousness, and the vaguely-implied "closer than sisters" LesYay), but there's nothing really objectionable, aside from the inevitable gunplay. Also available on DVD.
Also from ANN is Heroic Age, a sweeping space opera/mecha/superhero series, involving the destiny of the Five Tribes: the Tribe of Gold (the Old Gods), the Tribe of Silver (the would-be Heirs), the Tribe of Bronze (slaves of the Silver Tribe), the Tribe of Hero (the Nodos, of whom only 5 survive), and the Tribe of Iron (humanity, on the verge of being exterminated by the Tribe of Silver). Also available on DVD.
And, my sole non-anime recommendation this time: StarCom. This is an older series, from the 80s, and centres on StarCom Space Force, a military/peacekeeping agency (American, since, as we all know, that's the only nation that counts
). The series was aimed both at advertising the toys and at inspiring future NASA astronauts --it's basically a guided tour of a (mostly-accurate) solar system, dressed up in sci-fi action/adventure terms. Fiction, but fiction that took the time and effort to get the science as right as possible. Odds of a DVD release are slim to none (the company that owned it no longer exists, so the rights are probably in limbo), but the whole series is on Youtube.-----
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Quote:That looks astounding.
Originally posted by cljohnston108:
I sold some DVD's & ordered it new for $11.41 on Amazon.
I dig subs & end-of-world stuff!!!
Another thanks is in order.
The laughing Chrisisall
"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010
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Hey guys, is it any coincidence that the music on Planetes recalls the score of Firefly? AND no sound in space? & a main character who has lost faith in life and people?
No wonder this series is growing on me so fast.
The laughing Chrisisall
"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010
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The Moon ninja ep was so funny!!
And strangely moving.
The laughing Chrisisall
"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010
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Okay, I'm totally LOVIN' Planetes... I expect to freak off of the short-but-sweet Blue Sub #6 when I get it, but still, Nausicaa is my favourite anime of all time (thanks Frem).
The updating Chrisisall
"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010
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Ohhh, if only they'd release Dennō Coil on DVD.
You'd be totally lovin' that one, too!
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Originally posted by cljohnston108:
Ohhh, if only they'd release Dennō Coil on DVD.
You'd be totally lovin' that one, too!
Are you tryin' to make me poor? Deplete my existing DVD collection?
I'm done with anime for a while I think, once I've seen all of what I've got (and ordered).
Last Exile will complete my anime collection for now. My next & last order for this year.
The laughing Chrisisall
"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010
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Hey Frem, Saw Nausicca based on your recommendation from the other thread and I really liked it. It was interesting and fun. Also started watching The Last Exile, but I haven't gone back to finish the series - been busy. I'll return to it sometime this coming week to finish, right after I start watching Season 1 of Breaking Bad (my son got me hooked).
I'm gonna take a look see at these - anime is always 'shiny' as far as I'm concerned.
Thanks again for the suggestions.
SGG
Tawabawho?
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Frem, I know it's been a while since you wrote this but I was intriqued by your comment.........
"and the recent inclusion of contemporary politics to already horribly contrived storytelling didn't do the quality no favors..."
If that wasn't bad enough they made matters worse, at least for me, when they decided not to include: The Scarlet Witch and her brother Quicksilver, Angel, The Beast and Iceman. Ok, the Beast and Angel appeared in XM3 and the Iceman was IceBoy, but I was sorely disappointed.
"And those soul crushingly bad movies which one of my cohorts has properly dubbed "The Mighty Marvel Reach Around" ain't helped my opinion one bit."
The first one showed some promise but XM2 sank, and XM3 blew chunks. Wolverine Origins - from all reports, bit it hard (now I've heard news of a new Origins movie with Magneto, yawn!)
"That said, Iron Man weren't half bad, and the TV Animated Batman was surprisingly good, but those seem exceptions rather than the rule."
Agreed, Iron Man was actually quite good thanks to Robert Downey's performance. It almost lost me with the ending, but I'm being picky. Nonetheless, 2 thumbs up! Roger Ebert, wherever you are get well soon, you ARE missed.
As for the animated Batman, again good choice. I especially liked the Joker in that series. Honorable mention should go to TV's Batman Beyond, I believe it was made by the same folk who made the animated series.
SGG
Tawabawho?
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Me likey, too (no pun intended).
SGG
Tawabawho?
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